Kittitas County Unincorporated, WA Zoning Ordinance

The purpose and intent of the Residential 2 one is to provide for and protect areas for homesite development designed to meet contemporary building and living standards where public water and sewer systems are provided.

(Ord. 8910 (part), 1989; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

Uses allowed in the Residential 2 zone include those uses pursuant to KCC Chapter 17.15.

(Ord. 89-10 (part), 1989; Ord. 96-19 (part), 1996; Ord. O-2006-01, 2006; Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2011-013, 2011)

(Ord. 95-8, 1995; Ord. O-2006-01, 2006; Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

Minimum lot sizes in the R-2 zone are as follows:

Single-family dwelling, seven thousand two hundred square feet for any lots created after the date of the ordinance codified in this chapter; 5,000 square feet for all existing platted lots.

Two-family dwelling, ten thousand square feet.

The minimum lot depth shall be one hundred feet.

The minimum average lot width shall be sixty-five feet.

In no case shall there be more than one main dwelling and its accessory buildings constructed on one lot unless such lot is twice the minimum required for a single-family dwelling.

No main dwelling shall be built or moved on to a lot not abutting a public street, with the exception of special cases where the county may approve other suitable access.

(Ord. 89-10 (part), 1989; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

The ground area covered by all buildings including accessory buildings shall not exceed thirty percent (30%) for lots six thousand five hundred (6,500) square feet or more in area (created after the date of the ordinance codified in this chapter) and forty percent (40%) for lots less than six thousand five hundred (6,500) feet in area.

(Ord. 89-10 (part), 1989; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)

Maximum structure height. No structure shall exceed thirty-five feet (35) in height.

(Ord. 89-10 (part), 1989; Ord. 2013-001, 2013; Ord. 2023-010, 2023)

There shall be a front yard having a minimum depth of fifteen feet (15), unless a previous building line less than this has been established, in which case the minimum front yard for interior lots shall be the average of the setbacks of the main structures on the abutting lots on either side if both lots are occupied. If one (1) lot is occupied and the other vacant, the setback shall be the setback of the occupied lot plus one-half (½) the remaining distance to the required fifteen (15) foot setback. If neither of the abutting side lots or tracts are occupied by a structure, the setback shall be fifteen (15) feet.

The front yard setback depth shall be twenty-five (25) feet for parcels within the Snoqualmie Pass LAMIRD.

(Ord. 89-10 (part), 1989; Ord. 2013-001, 2013; Ord. 2019-013, 2019)

There shall be a side yard of not less than ten (10) feet on one side, and five (5) feet on the opposite side of a building. (Side of building means outer face, any part of building nearest to the side line, not including roof eaves.) Side yard setbacks may be modified in accordance with KCC § 16.10.065.

(Ord. 89-10 (part), 1989; Ord. 2013-001, 2013; Ord. 2019-013, 2019; Ord. 2022-005, 2022)

There shall be a rear yard with a minimum depth of twenty-five (25) feet. However one accessory structure may be constructed within five (5) feet of the rear lot line.

The rear yard setback depth shall be fifteen (15) feet for parcels within the Snoqualmie Pass LAMIRD.

Rear yard setbacks may be modified in accordance with KCC § 16.10.065.

(Ord. 8910 (part), 1989; Ord. 2013-001, 2013; Ord. 2019-013, 2019; Ord. 2022-005, 2022; Ord. 2022-017, 2022)

Properties bordering or adjacent to the Commercial Forest zone are subject to a two hundred (200)-foot setback from the Commercial Forest Zone. (KCC § 17.57.050(1)). For properties where such setback isn't feasible, development shall comply with KCC § 17.57.050(2).

(Ord. 2007-22, 2007; Ord. 2013-001, 2013)